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The Great Mosque of Damascus
Damascus,
Syria, 706 to 715.
Style:
Islamic
Founded
in the 3rd millennium B.C. it is one of the oldest cities in the
Middle East.
In the Middle Ages Damascus was the centre of a
flourishing artisan industry (swords and laces [lances]). Amongst
the 125 monuments from the different periods of its history, the
8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads is one of the most
spectacular, built on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary.
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UNESCO
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